Generative replication and the evolution of complexity

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-24

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a   Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automata; Complexity; Information; Replication; Replicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953538538     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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